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from law enforcement -- from all these data contributors. we turned around and make those available to consumers. about half of those complaints are fraudulent, and over 1 million, a million of those complaint are fraudulent. we make those available to transit agencies, and to track and identify targets. so it's a really fabulous resource, and finally i should -- [inaudible]. it's a resource that we would love to see more transfer agencies use. because its own as lon long as e note of complaint to get and the amount of intelligence information we get. by the way, this is a some report we issued this year. images interested in the system and our complaints can go on the ftc's website, ftc.gov coming to see over 100 pages of information, talk about the kinds of complaints we receive, broken down by state and by locality. we talk about the complaint areas. fabulous resource for anyone who's interested. >> so if you or a loved one, a parent has been contacted by a fraudster or a scammed or you think something suspicious, you can go to the ftc.go
from law enforcement -- from all these data contributors. we turned around and make those available to consumers. about half of those complaints are fraudulent, and over 1 million, a million of those complaint are fraudulent. we make those available to transit agencies, and to track and identify targets. so it's a really fabulous resource, and finally i should -- [inaudible]. it's a resource that we would love to see more transfer agencies use. because its own as lon long as e note of complaint...
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is continued and authorized in law. make sure the 16,000 marines on guam have the most basic things that they need to be safe and healthy and come home and act like we want them to be, as safe as possible. that is what this is about. i urge my colleagues to vote against the mccain amendment, and i yield the floor. and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent that the time until 5:30 p.m. for debate on the mccain amendment be equally divided between snores mccain and -- senators mccain and myself oregon designees and that at 5:30, the senate proceed to a vote in relation to the mccain amendment, there be no amendments in order to the amendment prior to the vote. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president,
is continued and authorized in law. make sure the 16,000 marines on guam have the most basic things that they need to be safe and healthy and come home and act like we want them to be, as safe as possible. that is what this is about. i urge my colleagues to vote against the mccain amendment, and i yield the floor. and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from...
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and then, of course, there is this slow-motion train wreck of the law's implementation. a majority of states in the union have already refused to set up their own obamacare exchanges. the bill has been passed, you see, madam president, and the american people now see what's in it and they want no part of it. and so the department of health and human services is now charged with setting up federal exchanges in those states but they don't know how. the clock is ticking. people are losing their health insurance. the exchanges are supposed to be ready to handle the massive influx of people dumped by obama care on to those same exchanges and the exchanges aren't going to be there.
and then, of course, there is this slow-motion train wreck of the law's implementation. a majority of states in the union have already refused to set up their own obamacare exchanges. the bill has been passed, you see, madam president, and the american people now see what's in it and they want no part of it. and so the department of health and human services is now charged with setting up federal exchanges in those states but they don't know how. the clock is ticking. people are losing their...
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this law. i therefore respectfully urge each and every one of my colleagues to support this amendment. thank you, madam president. i yield back my time. ms. mikulski: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: madam president, i rise to speak on the cruz amendment. as i said, i'm glad senator lee had his chance. as i said, the cruz amendment would prevent the department of health and human services from implementing funding for the discretionary spending aspects of the affordable care act. as the presiding officer knows of the affordable care act so well and played a major part in it when she was a member of the house of representatives, you know that this would be -- have disastrous consequences. its consequence would essentially defund the affordable care act. they call it obamacare. i call it obamacare. as i said earlier, obama does care, and that's why we passed that legislation in the first place. the cruz amendment would issue or enforce -- it means t
this law. i therefore respectfully urge each and every one of my colleagues to support this amendment. thank you, madam president. i yield back my time. ms. mikulski: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: madam president, i rise to speak on the cruz amendment. as i said, i'm glad senator lee had his chance. as i said, the cruz amendment would prevent the department of health and human services from implementing funding for the discretionary spending...
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they strike down the law, they strike down the law. attests in heller with respect to unusual weapons and to other things, i think do not cover, in other words, they cover an exemption for assault weapons. and this is broader before the court, he should pass. i'm sure that argument will be made. >> senator from illinois wish -- >> that's exactly the point. the senator knows having attended law school and professes some experience in the constitution. none of these rights are absolute, none of them. in the heller decision to specifically to the question of this amendment. and tells us when they were asked in heller decision a panel, heller 2, a panel of republican appointed judges rejected a second amendment challenge to d.c.'s assault weapons ban and magazine limits. the second amendment challenge. the d.c. circuit court held that such laws quoted not effectively disarm individuals or substantially affect the ability to defend themselves but i could go on but i think the senator from california has made his case. >> the clerk will call
they strike down the law, they strike down the law. attests in heller with respect to unusual weapons and to other things, i think do not cover, in other words, they cover an exemption for assault weapons. and this is broader before the court, he should pass. i'm sure that argument will be made. >> senator from illinois wish -- >> that's exactly the point. the senator knows having attended law school and professes some experience in the constitution. none of these rights are...
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the, our laws, our tax laws do not allow these tax-exempt organizations called 501c4s to use their money for political purposes. they're not allowed to do it. the irs has allowed them to get away with it. and one of the things i want to do in the next couple years and one of the reasons, frankly, i'm not running for re-election is that i can spend full time working on things that i really believe in. and one of them permanent subcommittee on investigations, the one that had the hearing last week on jpmorgan will have a hearing on the failure of the irs to enforce our tax code in a number of ways. the one we're just talking about against these tax-exempt organizations which use millions, tens of millions of dollars to, obviously, engage in political activity, these attack ads that have gone on and will get worse unless we act. but another way that we're going to be using our, my permanent subcommittee on investigations is to go after the way in which too many corporations in this country have avoided paying taxes by transferring revenue offshore. now, that's not your question, but since i
the, our laws, our tax laws do not allow these tax-exempt organizations called 501c4s to use their money for political purposes. they're not allowed to do it. the irs has allowed them to get away with it. and one of the things i want to do in the next couple years and one of the reasons, frankly, i'm not running for re-election is that i can spend full time working on things that i really believe in. and one of them permanent subcommittee on investigations, the one that had the hearing last...
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but federal law can be changed by federal law. this would be federal law requires the federal licensed dealer to keep a registration record of the transfer. mass shootings would continue to occur despite the universal background checks. criminals will continue to steal guns and buy them illegally to circumvent the requirement. when that happens, we will be back again debating whether gun registration is needed, and when registration fails, the next move will be gun confiscation. it was concluded earlier this year with respect to universal background checks that effectiveness depends on requiring gun registration. he noted that the largest sources of how criminals obtain guns are through straw purchases and theft. he wrote that would likely become larger. this bill would unnecessarily burden private sales. i think it has unintended consequences. the law already requires background checks for sales by licensed dealers. we are told criminals do not get guns because of current background checks. we are told when we seek to purchase gu
but federal law can be changed by federal law. this would be federal law requires the federal licensed dealer to keep a registration record of the transfer. mass shootings would continue to occur despite the universal background checks. criminals will continue to steal guns and buy them illegally to circumvent the requirement. when that happens, we will be back again debating whether gun registration is needed, and when registration fails, the next move will be gun confiscation. it was...